New trial- Mashed potatoes from scratch
Had some potatoes that needed to be used up so made mashed potatoes ready to eat.
Tray 1- 3# 13.2oz = FD’d- 2# 2.3oz
Tray 2- 5# 1.3oz = FD’d- 2# 6.7oz
Tray 3- 4# 15.8oz = FD’d- 2# 6.5oz
Tray 4- 5# 1.2oz = FD’d- 2# 7.3oz
Crumbled very easily for rehydration. Don’t think they needed to be crumbled but they did mostly when we removed them from the Mylar.
Added warm water and heated. Immediately returned to how they tasted when I made them.
Definitely a win. I will be trying multiple other methods for longer term use in the future. Try and make more “instant” plain potatoes. When rehydrating, add butter, salt, water or milk and heat. This batch we can definitely feel the slight oily feel from the butter so I suspect they won’t have more than a year or two shelf life. They won’t last that long anyways so it should be fine for this batch.